Fourth Quarter Highlights: Total Revenue Was $476 Million; Service Revenue1 Was $339 Million, Up 24% Net Income Was $8.9 Million and Diluted EPS Was $0.47,.
Through the American Rescue Plan (ARP), the Biden-Harris Administration has invested over $5 billion in funding through HHS to expand access to mental health and substance use services, and school districts are estimated to use an additional $2 billion in Department of Education ARP Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds to hire more school psychologists, counselors, and other mental health professionals in K-12 schools. Courtesy of the U.S. Dept. of Education Our nation’s young people are facing an unprecedented mental health crisis. Even before the pandemic, rates of depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts among youth were on the rise. The pandemic exacerbated those issues, disrupting learning, relationships, and routines and increasing isolation especially among our nation’s young people. More than
NNPA NEWSWIRE Beginning in August, the Department of Education plans to start the process to disburse the nearly $300 million Congress appropriated through both the bi-partisan Safer Communities Act and the Omnibus to help schools hire more school-based mental health professionals and build a strong pipeline into the profession for the upcoming school year.